Aloma Wright (born March 10, 1950) is an American actress, probably known best for her portrayal of Laverne Roberts on Scrubs.
Wright was born in New York and raised in California.
Wright was cast as Laverne Roberts for Scrubs. After six seasons, her character was killed off in My Long Goodbye. She returned in season seven playing a new character, Nurse Shirley. Initial reports stated that her character would be the alcoholic, irreligious sister ...
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Aloma Wright (born March 10, 1950) is an American actress, probably known best for her portrayal of Laverne Roberts on Scrubs.
Wright was born in New York and raised in California.
Wright was cast as Laverne Roberts for Scrubs. After six seasons, her character was killed off in My Long Goodbye. She returned in season seven playing a new character, Nurse Shirley. Initial reports stated that her character would be the alcoholic, irreligious sister of Laverne, but these turned out to be inaccurate. She later returned to play Nurse Roberts in the final episode as JD is looking back on all the people in his life.
She has appeared in other programs such as Mad Men, Power Rangers in Space, sitcoms Malcolm in the Middle, Friends and Frasier, the short-lived series Medical Investigation in addition to the TV movie When Billie Beat Bobby and the 2000 drama Shadow Hours. In 2000, Wright also appeared as Pauletta in the teen romcom Bring It On as a fictional talkshow host. She also appeared in...
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